Whipsaw. Workers are uncertain. What would you put this moment, right now . It is a very serious moment for everyone in the country and it is probably a new chapter in our history that is going to be rewritten. Or written this time. We have things that have never happened before on a scale that have never happened before to this country. And we are going to have to get back the way we did during the world wars where we all started pulling together, to try to solve a common problem. That new chapter would begin with what . Guest well, first of all, we had several things that need to be done now. You have the threat of the virus itself. You have the threat of fear that everybody is going through. We have to overcome both of those. The first thing we should do, is to adopt a workplace contagious disease standard. So every employer knows what they have to do. Right now there is total chaos out there. Employers do not know that they have to do or what they should do. We need to adopt that s
The use of steroids in gyms. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Snow and ice are still causing disruption for many people in parts of the uk, with thousands of homes without power and dangerous conditions on the roads. The runway at Stansted Airport was closed twice during the day, with a number of flights cancelled and there are currently yellow weather warnings for icefor parts of scotland, all of wales, the south and east of england, and the midlands. Lets go to kenilworth in warwickshire and our correspondent phil mackie. Well we had the snow and the floods today and also power cuts. Across the central swathe of england, it is a day to heed the warnings. Horn blasts. The motorway at a standstill. Its always busy here anyway, but throw in five centimetres of snow, and youve got chaos. On the a14, things were even worse. This lorry span out of control, leaving drivers stranded. Good morning. Its just gone past ten oclock in the morning. As you can see, were stationary here on the
Good morning and welcome to bbc news. The former beatles drummer ringo starr, barry gibb of the bee gees, and the former deputy prime minister, nick clegg, have all been knighted in the new year honours list. Starr said it was great to be acknowledged for his music, while gibb said the knighthood was as much his brothers as it is mine. Stars from the world of sport who are recognised include the wales and Lions Rugby Union captain, Sam Warburton, and the world cup winning england cricket captain Heather Knight, who both receive an obe. Our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba has more details. Twist and shout twist and shout. More than 50 years after beatlemania, the fab fours drummer has been honoured with a knighthood. What would you do if i sang. Recognising ringo starrs half a century long contribution to music. I get by with a little help from my friends. Tragedy former bee Gee Barry Gibb said he was humbled and very proud to be made sir barry. With no one to love you, youre go
Influence of your phone. And a gender revelation goes wrong. Early today starts now. Good thursday morning. Im frances rivera. Overnight we learned the heartbreaking news that john mccain has been diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumor. It comes days after mccain underwent surgery to remove a blood clot from his eye. While its being thoroughly reviewed, he is now undergoing chemical therapy and radiation. Expression of support poured in from lawmakers of all stripes. The president sent his thoughts and prayers saying mccain has always been a fighter. Former president obama, mccains 2008 rival said cancer doesnt know what its up against. He told mccain to, quote, give it hell. It was this loving tribute from his daughter that moved so many. He is the toughest person i know. The aggressions of political life could not break him. The aggressions of political life could not bend him. Cancer may afflict him in many ways, but it will not make him surrender. Nothing ever has. And then this
We werent the only ones. The high winds ripped down part i think the debris, cutting electricity for about 10,000 areas at the height of the outage. That number was less than a thousand customers by 8 00 8 00 tonight. Team coverage tonight. We will show you how the winds are acting right now. First to check in with dave fraser for your forecast. Utility that the worst windward role in the late in the afternoon and tonight. It is still going out there. His downtown denver pick you notice it is not back here in the city to go to the north west look at the current wind speeds and gusts into the bloomfield area. Rest of pushing a 40 mouse an this bulls eye on the sell side of town which is blasting out on the east side of town. I want to show you your future cast windspeeds for the metro pretty will see the the overall pattern here is for the wind to stick strong tonight and early tomorrow morning of the wins switch to the east and the strongest gust retreats of the foothills pick you got